Comments on: How to develop will power

By: Wednesday Edition: Motivation, Discipline and Will power – Lowcountry Strength

Wed, 25 Jan 2012 14:34:40 +0000

[...] http://confident1.com/how-to-develop-will-power [...]

By: roy@workwear

roy@workwear — Wed, 20 Oct 2010 15:34:33 +0000

For me persistence,consistency are the keys to develop a will power.You just need to get rid of negative vibes,which you feel when you get fail. Being persistent and positive always reinforces the will power and that is my personal experience.

By: zedoreku

zedoreku — Thu, 17 Dec 2009 16:23:36 +0000

thank you for the article .
keep the good work .

By: zedoreku

zedoreku — Thu, 17 Dec 2009 10:23:36 +0000

thank you for the article .
keep the good work .

By: Peter James

Peter James — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 12:55:40 +0000

I heard a great piece of advice once: "Look forward to the things you don't want to do everyday. It is those things that will make you a success." Great insight in this post and it reminded me of this precious advice. Peter Jamess last blog post..Make A Change…Yes We Can!!!

By: Discipline!!

Discipline!! — Sun, 02 Nov 2008 13:15:27 +0000

[...] don’t devote much space to self discipline or will power. One of my favorite that does is "A touch of greatness" by Frank Tibolt. The Tibolt method is to make yourself do something useful everyday for no [...]

By: Procrastination at 50 — How to Have Great Self Confidence

Procrastination at 50 — How to Have Great Self Confidence — Sun, 21 Sep 2008 13:19:08 +0000

[...] big step towards your understanding that it’s a bad habit that can stick. Self disciple, like will power, isn’t something that is widely written or talked about. But without it, you’re going [...]

By: Ivan

Ivan — Fri, 04 Jan 2008 04:47:28 +0000

David,

Glad you did mentioned Frank Tibolt’s amazing book “A Touch of greatness”…this is one of my favorite books,of all the books I have read in last 30 years…this book have helped me most to improve and change my life for better in many areas.About 12 years ago I loaned this book to a realtive who was 40 years old,alcoholic, was broke,with no job…today this man is married have 2 kids,and is very successful with his own job placement company here in Toronto.I have vitnissed a miracle of life change,and I do beleive that this amazing book did play a big role in life change from despair to success.I highly recomend this old time self help classic to anyone,who is serious for making changes for better in their own life.

By: David

David — Thu, 20 Dec 2007 00:24:01 +0000

Thanks for all the comments. With Evans point I see will power, or self mastery, as ultimately learning to co-operate with ourself. The fight happens when we lack will power and give in to our pleasure seeking behaviour over our desire to improve ourself in some way.
Will power can be an important “tool” if we are making changes. Developing good habits is equally useful. But our thinking puts everything in context – however strong willed or well ingrained our habits, things happen. Life is never a smooth, totally linear journey. If the momentum does gets broken, as Karen mentions, not to see that as the end of that change but a hiccup and keep going.
I basically disagree with your argument Bruce. Will power isn’t the be all and end all, but is still an important tool. Some people learn no self discipline and our modern world its so easy to take the path of least resistance. Learning the basic principle of doing things when we don’t want to do them isn’t going to set you up for failure, but give confidence in your control over yourself.
David

By: Karen (Karooch from Scraps of Mind)

Karen (Karooch from Scraps of Mind) — Mon, 17 Dec 2007 23:18:38 +0000

I always find that starting to do these good things is easy David. i usually come out of a course or from reading a great book and am full of enthusiasm to make the necessary changes. It’s sticking at them or returning to them when something occurs to break the momentum that i find most difficult.

I guess that’s where willpower comes in. Sigh.